294 pages : 23 cm

For the past forty years, Western economies have splurged on debt. Now, as the reality dawns that many debts cannot be repaid, we find ourselves again in crisis. But the oncoming defaults have a time-worn place in our economic history. As with crises in the thirties and seventies, governments will fall, currencies will lose their value, and new systems will emerge. Just as Britain set the terms of the international system in the nineteenth century and America in the twentieth century, a new system will be set by today's creditors in China and the Middle East. In the process, rich will be pitted against poor, young against old, public sector workers against taxpayers, and one country against another. To understand the origins of this mess and how it will affect the new global economy, Coggan shows us how our attitudes toward debt have changed throughout history and how they may be about to change again

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-285) and index

1. Nature of Money -- 2. Ignoring Polonius -- 3. Going for Gold -- 4. Money and the Depression -- 5. Dancing with the Dollar -- 6. Paper Promises -- 7. Blowing Bubbles -- 8. Riding the Gravy Train -- 9. Crisis Begins -- 10. Not So Risk-free -- 11. Bequeathing Our Debts -- 12. Paying the Bill -- 13. New Order

Self-Renewing 2017

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